---
kind: "section"
citation: "45 C.F.R. § 1356.22"
title: "45"
number: "1356.22"
heading: "Implementation requirements for children voluntarily placed in foster care."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/45/1356.22"
---

# §1356.22. Implementation requirements for children voluntarily placed in foster care.

- (a) As a condition of receipt of Federal financial participation (FFP) in foster care maintenance payments for a dependent child removed from his home under a voluntary placement agreement, the title IV-E agency must meet the requirements of:
  - (1) Section 472 of the Act, as amended;
  - (2) Sections 422(b)(8) and 475(5) of the Act;
  - (3) 45 CFR [1356.21(e)](/cfr/45/1356.21.md?p=e), [(f)](/cfr/45/1356.21.md?p=f), [(g)](/cfr/45/1356.21.md?p=g), [(h)](/cfr/45/1356.21.md?p=h), and [(i)](/cfr/45/1356.21.md?p=i); and
  - (4) **The requirements of this section.**
- (b) Federal financial participation is available only for voluntary foster care maintenance expenditures made within the first 180 days of the child's placement in foster care unless there has been a judicial determination by a court of competent jurisdiction, within the first 180 days of such placement, to the effect that the continued voluntary placement is in the best interests of the child.
- (c) The title IV-E agency must establish and maintain a uniform procedure or system, consistent with State or Tribal law, for revocation by the parent(s) of a voluntary placement agreement and return of the child.

## Notes

### Amendments

[65 FR 4090, Jan. 25, 2000, as amended at 66 FR 58677, Nov. 23, 2001; 77 FR 949, Jan. 6, 2012]

### Authority

Authority: 42 U.S.C. 620 et seq., 42 U.S.C. 670 et seq.; 42 U.S.C. 1302.

### Amendments

[65 FR 4090, Jan. 25, 2000, as amended at 66 FR 58677, Nov. 23, 2001; 77 FR 949, Jan. 6, 2012]